Senate President John Morse said Monday morning he’s not sure yet what the Democrats’ package of gun bills will look like, but he doesn’t think two GOP gun bills to be heard this week are good policy.

One bill, to be heard Monday afternoon, would let school boards decide whether to let employees carry firearms. Another bill concerns businesses and customers who carry and will be heard Wednesday.

“Adding guns is going to add shootings, and I’m for fewer shootings,” said Morse, a Colorado Springs Democrat and former police officer and police chief.

He said the bills “aren’t good policy.”

“They’re great policy,” countered Sen. Kent Lambert, R-Colorado Springs, who is carrying the bill the bill allowing customers to carry. He said Democrats want to create more gun-free zones, which makes it easier for shooters to go on rampages.

Morse said Republicans are “playing politics” with their gun bills, but admitted he doesn’t have a “magic solution” to gun violence, which has become a lightning rod since a gunman killed 20 first-graders in Newtown, Conn., in December.

Democrats control both the House and the Senate and the gun bills that stand the best chance of surviving likely will come from their members.

“Obviously, the person with the most knowledge and experience and expertise in this this area is me,” Morse said.

“I’m trying to figure out what we could we do that could actually have an impact and how do we piece all that together. And I’m just not there yet. It’s possible I don’t get there because this is such a difficult problem.”

He explained that might mean introducing a package of bills that doesn’t address every concern.

Morse also revealed he doesn’t have a concealed weapons permit, although he always carried a gun as an off-duty police officer.

” Somebody sticks a gun in my face, I’ll deal with it — maybe from a casket,” he said. “But by the time I reach down and grab my gun, I’m going to be quite shot if not dead.”

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